** Indicates rolling admission application process. Applicants will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.

Program Overview

Enjoy the excitement of visiting three international cities: Torino, Italy, Milan, Italy and Barcelona, Spain. Immerse yourself in the culture of the quaint city of Turin, the fashion and business districts of Milan and the thrilling architecture of Gaudi in Barcelona. Meet students from multiple disciplines across campus and soon they will become your friends.

Students will meet with businesses in each city to discuss how individual organizations engage in global transactions and discuss expectations for entry level employees. Students have the unique opportunity to ask questions of executives.

Enjoy a traditional Italian and Spanish dinner with the group and taste the creamiest gelatto and delicious churros first hand. Experience the thrill of an FC Barcelona futbol game first hand (you may even see Messi score a goal!). Create your own cultural site visit in Barcelona. Develop a detailed plan of what you would choose to see and experience in Barcelona. Create an e-portfolio to enhance your learning and capture your experiences. Travel to see what the world holds for you and your future.

Location

Torino, Italy hosts the renowned Automobile Museum, the Mole, and the second largest Egyptian Museum in the world. Milan is home to the stunning Duomo and the renowned fashion district with stores such as Gucci, Luis Vitton, Prada. Barcelona is a vibrant city home to the Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell and the Picasso Museum. Visit a winery and explore miles of underground tunnels.

Who Can Participate?

Academic Program and Course Information

Students should use PD2060 Section 001: Industry Culture and Professional Practice Abroad for 3 credit hours.

This course encompasses integrating experiential learning in a study abroad opportunity. Students will experience interaction with business, universities and cultural events in Italy and Spain. Students will actively participate in site visits to business organizations and/or universities and a variety of cultural sites to effectively understand cultures in both Italy and Spain. Students will develop increased communication and management skills through guided events with a completion of a self-selected site visit in Barcelona, Spain.

The course will culminate in a final project that will provide students the opportunity to summarize their learning experience and present that experience to a registered student group at the University of Cincinnati and to post their experience on the "Tell Us Your Story" website of ProPEL.

Prerequisites: None. This course is focused on co-op students who are interested in a short-term international experience that allows them to continue their regular curriculum of theory and practice. However, this course is available to any student interested in a short-term study abroad experience.

This course focuses on the following goals of the Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning:
- developing students as experiential learners
- providing students more opportunities to engage in a global experience

Student Learning Outcomes: Student will:
- Recognize major cultural icons for each city (Torino, Milan and Barcelona)
- Plan, organize and implement time management skills
- Demonstrate ability to take initiative in unfamiliar environments
- Demonstrate professional behavior
- Analyze situations and surroundings to navigate in a foreign city
- Select and explore a cultural site visit of personal interest
- Compare and contrast cultural site visits and industry site visits
- Construct an electronic portfolio identifying areas of interest, challenges and articulate personal growth
- Evaluate growth in cultural quotient Tuition and fees are assessed based on total enrolled hours for a term.

Tuition and fees are assessed based on total enrolled hours for a term. This includes the hours associated with the study abroad class. Students who enroll for more than 18 hours for the term will be assessed additional per credit hour fees over and above the flat fees associated with being enrolled full-time (for most students full-time is 12-18 hours).

Co-op students selected to participate in this program are required to enroll in the course during the designated term, regardless of when the student may be on co-op. If the course is during a term when the student is on co-op, tuition and fees will be charged per a student’s residency status and college, based on the part-time per credit hour rate.

A student can see his/her full and part time tuition rates and college fees here (use left-side navigation menu to click into the relevant academic year): https://www.uc.edu/bursar/fees.html

Faculty

Professor Schomaker will be leading this short-term study abroad for the fifth year. She has created relationships for students to visit with multiple employers including: BasicNet, Luxottica, Coca-Cola, Almirall, Honeywell, General Cable, Guivadan and Polytech University of Torinio . Professor Schomaker developed this short term study abroad to give co-op students the opportunity to engage in an international experience and still maintain their co-op schedule. Professor Schomaker is the Civil Engineering Faculty Co-op Advisor and has worked with the Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning since 2008. She is dedicated to helping students construct their own learning by providing them opportunities for hands-on experiential learning.

Living Arrangements

Getting There

Students will fly into Turin. Transportation will be provided for students who choose to travel with the group.

Students will depart from Barcelona. Transportation will be provided for students who choose to travel with the group. Air transportation is provided for all students departing from Milan and arriving in Barcelona.

This program has been awarded a $200UC International Scholarship (matriculated, UC degree-seeking students only). UC International scholarship requires a minimum 2.0 GPA.

Note that both program charges and UC International scholarship will be posted separately on a student’s OneStop bill on the semester in which the course for the study abroad experience is given. Program charges are posted shortly after students commit to the program through the online application process. Scholarships are posted after all students 1) register for the course connected to the study abroad experience, and 2) complete all study abroad online paperwork.

In order to obtain country-specific visa instructions and resources, refer to your host country’s embassy web page. One way to access this information is via the US Department of State’s webpage at: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en.html

UC International is happy to guide UC faculty, staff and students to possible resources about visas for study abroad. Although, applying for the necessary visa for travel is the responsibility of the individual UC traveler. Entry requirements change frequently, and we advise you to pay close attention to consular updates. It is your responsibility to know and address the requirements for your host study abroad destination.

Applying for a visa can be a complicated process. Some UC travelers choose a third party to assist with this process, for example Travisa or A Briggs (mention UC for a possible discount).

All UC students participating in a University of Cincinnati sanctioned or funded international travel program are required to purchase and maintain insurance while abroad. UC International partners with CISI to provide insurance for UC students.